Anne Sofie von Otter - The Artist's Album

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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-04-14
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:

Serenade
Sonntag, Op. 47 No.3
Elsk, Op. 67 No. 5
Meinem Kinde, Op. 37 No. 3
Gefasster Abschied, Op. 14 no. 4
Lust der Sturmnacht, Op. 35 No. 1
Dein Angesicht, Op. 127 No. 2
One Touch of Venus: I'm A Stranger Here Myself
Berlin im Licht
Vingar i natten
Skogen sover, Op. 28 No. 6
Lahore: Lahore: 'Un sapin isole se dresse'
La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: 'La lune blanche luit dans les bois'
Der Wanderer an den Mond, D 870
An Silvia, D891
Il pianot di Maria: 'Giunta l'ora fatal' HWV 234: 'Se d'un Dio fui fatta Madre'
'Komm, liebe Zither' K. 351, 367
Don Giovanni: 'In quali eccessi' - 'Mi tradi', No. 21B: Accompanied Recitative And Aria
La Clemenza di Tito: 'Quello di Tito e il volto!', No. 18 Trio
L'Incoronazione di Poppea: 'A Dio Roma!, a Dio, patria! amici, a Dio!'
Ariodante: 'Tu, preparati a morire', Aria
Paride ed Elena: 'Oh, del mio dolce ardor': Aria
5 Lieder: Liebst du um Schonheit
Eugene Onegin: 'Kak ya lublyu pod zvuki pesen etikh' - 'Uzh kak po mostu, mostochku': Scene And Aria
La Cenerentolla: 'Nacqui all'affanno

Music reviews of Anne Sofie von Otter - The Artist's Album

Music Review: Artist's album...
Rating: 5 Stars

I am rating this CD that high not because it really deserves 5 stars but simply to counterbalance the low rating given by an anonymous reviewer below (his is not a review, but a judgement with no substance). Anne Sofie von Otter's "Artist's Album" is not for those who already have most of her recordings, since only 2 tracks on this CD are new (Kurt Weill's "Berlin im Licht" and a Rossinian "rarity" from von Otter, "Nacqui all'affanno", recorded live in 1986). These two tracks may be, however, interesting to her most devoted fans. I do not know if other CDs in the Deutsche Grammophone series "Artist's Album" similarly consist of previously released tracks, but it is probably not music itself but artists' pictures that are supposed to attract fans. If you care for pictures, then never mind the music, which you probably already have in separate releases. The selection of photographs is not really so generous, but interesting. There is an essay by a Swedish journalist and a short interview with von Otter's accompanist and friend Bengt Forsberg ("Everything you always wanted to know about Anne Sofie von Otter"), both translated into French and German. The remaining 28 (of 56) pages of the booklet are filled with texts of sung works, here only with English translations. It is an inexcusable waste! First of all, do we need texts in such a sampler-type release? If so, why haven't they been more economically compressed and the remaining space devoted to more pictures or more information on the artist? Some pictures have been published before, mostly in booklets accompanying von Otter's CDs, but still many of them, especially from the artist's family archive, are new. And, considering Anne Sofie von Otter's reticence (which I value a lot), there is just a right amount of them. I do not like samplers and this CD certainly is a sampler containing selections from almost all her Deutsche Grammophone discs. If we had been told, that these are the artist's favorite tracks, this sampler would be of much more value. But we do not know who stands behind this selection and that is why - apart from its picture album part - it is a flawed release. Of course, there are always music fans who need this kind of survey that helps them get started, but in most cases such samplers are mid or budget-price discs. And this one is a full price release! Is this price justified by the booklet? It's not to me to judge this problem, but if the booklet was intended as the main attraction, it should have been more generously filled if not with pictures, then at least with press reviews and clippings etc. The thickness of the album is quite misleading since almost 50% of the book contains sometimes half empty pages with texts. To sum up: a good starter for anybody wanting a guide through Anne Sofie's Deutsche Grammophone (exclusively!) releases and for her die-hard fans worth the full price for the photographs and two new tracks. But, if I may say so, she is always WORTH the full price! What a wonderful and intelligent singer!

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